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I know the history of it, I followed it closely at the time. That’s why I pointed out that the quote was wrong ( and got downvoted ). I expect the same will hap
by thebruce87m 3y ago
I know the history of it, I followed it closely at the time. That’s why I pointed out that the quote was wrong ( and got downvoted ). I expect the same will happen to you since you posted the correct quote.
- figassis 3y agoI’m sure you understand why you were downvoted and that it has nothing to do with what facts you stated.
- thebruce87m 3y ago[flagged]
- rezonant 3y agoComplaining about downvoting is bad form. If you are temporarily downvoted on a post and react by editing it to complain, that's a surefire way for that post to remain negative on its point balance.
- thebruce87m 3y agoI’m not scared by downvotes. I called out bad form as I interpreted it, just as you are you are doing now. Posting facts in HN should not warrant downvotes. Neither should reasonable discussions.
- dang 3y agoYou posted 10 comments about this. That's way too much, and the site guidelines specifically ask people not to comment about downvotes because "it never does any good and makes boring reading": https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html. You're quite right, of course, that people vote with feelings and ignore facts, but you're wrong about that being specific to Apple. It's true of everything, and therefore it is not interesting (although it certainly is annoying). We want HN threads to be for interesting conversation.
- patates 3y ago"All phones have sensitive areas, just avoid holding it in this way" practically means "you are holding it wrong".
- thebruce87m 3y agoSo if I tell a user a workaround for a software issue, and they turn round and accuse me of telling them they are using the software wrong I have to agree with them?
- patates 3y agoIn that statement it wasn't 1) acknowledged that this is indeed an issue and 2) the word workaround was not used.
- thebruce87m 3y agoSee my above statement. If someone reports issues with software you don’t immediately say it’s definitely a bug unto you fully understand it. Hardware is no different. We do not know if they were in a position to say either way at the time.
- patates 3y agoThey simply said it's not a bug at first, then after the backslash, went back and admitted that it is.
- thebruce87m 3y agoI have been told by a mod that I am replying too much to this conversation (?) and I therefore cannot address your point. It’s a shame as I think it is interesting to see how people perceive things with hindsight specifically related to apple and how engineers who presumably work on similar problems cannot apply the same logic to apple but I am forced to stop the conversation. This will be my last comment on any thread related to this and I am rethinking my contributions to HN.